FORECLOSURE LAW CHANGES
On June 15, 2009 the Governor of the State of Maine signed an emergency measure to be
effective immediately making the following changes affecting recordation of deeds in
Maine. In part the changes are: Sec. 9. 14 MRSA §2401, sub-§3, 3. Judgment required;
recording and contents. The judgment in the proceeding must be signed by the judge and
contain the following provisions: ........G. With regard to mortgage foreclosure
actions, the title "judgment of foreclosure and sale," the street address of the real
estate involved, if any, and the book and page number of the mortgage. Sec. 22. 36
MRSA §4641-C, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, c. 680, Pt. A, §31, is
amended to read........For the purposes of this subsection, only the mortgagor is
exempt from the tax imposed for a deed in lieu of foreclosure. ,,,,,,,,,,,,In the
event of a deed from a mortgagee to itself at a public sale held pursuant to Title 14,
section 6323, the mortgagee is considered to be both the grantor and grantee for
purposes of section 4641-A. In the event of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and a deed
from a mortgagee to itself at a public sale held pursuant to Title 14, section 6323,
the tax applies to the value of the property as that term is defined in section 4641,
subsection 3; Call: 207-622-0431 if you have any questions.
** NOTICE **
Public Law Chapter 113 allows governmental entities to collect a surcharge for payments made with a
credit or debit card. This charge will be 3.1% of your transaction and will be collected starting
November 1, 2009. The charge may be avoided by requesting the copies through the Kennebec Registry of
Deeds and paying by cash, check or other means that is not a credit or debit card.
From:book #450 to book#301
Last book checked in backfile is: Book #301.
To: All plans are now available on the website.
Some plans can be searched by the year and some by the book and page. Plans from 1976 on
need to be searched by the year and page number.
Book 49 which is indexed for 1975 plans also includes 13 plans from 1976.
These are page numbers: 23, 28, 29, 20, 33, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53.
Book 50 has some 1975 plans - pages 1 through 12 - and also includes four plans from 1976,
pages 9, 10, 11, 12.
We are currently checking all data before February 23, 2004 to be sure the data is
complete. We are deleting extra pages, rescanning images that are not clear, cropping
the images to give you the best image we can, and cross referencing on the electronic
file. We anticipate this project will be a lengthy one.
The book number will change periodically as the books are checked. Books in the backfile that
have not been checked are still available but will contain extra pages, poor images and
no electronic cross reference. Thank you for your patience while we work to give our
customers the most complete and accurate registry possible.
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